Tracy Arm
Tracy Arm is a fjord in Alaska near Juneau (outlet at 57° 46' 40" N 133° 37' 0" W). It is named after the Secretary of the Navy Benjamin Franklin Tracy. It is located about 45 miles (72 km) south of Juneau and 70 miles (110 km) north of Petersburg, Alaska, off of Holkham Bay and adjacent to Stephens Passage within the Tongass National Forest. Tracy Arm is the heart of the Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness, designated by the United States Congress in 1990
Tracy Arm-Fords Terror Wilderness contains 653,179 acres (2,643.32 km2) and consists of two deep and narrow fjords: Tracy Arm and Endicott Arm. Both fjords are over 30 miles (48 km) long and one-fifth of their area is covered in ice. During the summer, the fjords have considerable floating ice ranging from hand-sized to pieces as large as a three-story building. During the most recent glaciated period, both fjords were filled with active glaciers.
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Whaler from NOAA Ship John N. Cobb with Sawyer Glacier in the background.
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A rockfish hides in a red tree coral (Primnoa pacifica).
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We made the trip to Juneau to explore Tracy Arm Fjord. It was an amazing day. The ice bergs were so blue and the glaciers enormous. It’s difficult to tell from pictures how spectacular it all was in person.
4 months ago -
Magnificent scenery unlike anything else we have seen before. Hope that the glacier can stay for future generations see.
4 years ago -
Tracy Arm is a Y shaped fiord ends of which terminate in glaciers. Along the way are icebergs, bears, and seals. We were lucky and witnessed a calving of big chunks of blue ice.
2 years ago -
Beautiful fjord. Some of the prettiest landscape I have ever seen. I cannot recommend it enough. We went after a rain, so there were waterfalls everywhere. If you can get a tour boat into the fjord, take the opportunity. It is worth it.
2 years ago -
Been there a few years ago with a carnival cruise and it was the most amazing this I have ever seen. I love nature so much and this was just a dream come true to see with my own eyes.. I wish I'd go back there in the future..
a year ago -
Words cannot describe how beautiful this place is, so I am not even going to try. Safe to say if you can do this in your lifetime, you should. Just breathtaking experience that I shall remember forever.
4 years ago -
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Beautiful fjord with a huge glacier at the end ,large parts of the glacier are in the water on the right up the arm in almost turqoise water
2 years ago